AltWeeklies Wire
Geek Chicnew
Arrested Development director Paul Feig talks sex, nerds and Hollywood.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Warner |
09-19-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
Loving Hadesnew
The heavy hitters of Greek mythology come to life in God of War, a video game so cool it rivals the mythos of KISS.
Boulder Weekly |
Todd Michael Shaffer |
09-19-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Career Highnew
In Candace Bushnell’s latest book, it’s all work and not so much play.
Baltimore City Paper |
Wendy Ward |
09-19-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Cash Woesnew
A new spate of books shows how the love of money infects our lives.
Baltimore City Paper |
Joab Jackson |
09-19-2005 |
Books
Tags: Various Titles, Various Authors
Dire Educationnew
Jonathan Kozol’s latest book fires off a crucial wake-up call for rapidly resegregating public school systems.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michael Corbin |
09-19-2005 |
Nonfiction
Rough and Ruggednew
Little Brother's new mix tape dishes out a full plate of 18 gutsy and hot beats and rhymes.
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
09-19-2005 |
Reviews
Skating Downhillnew
If you're a longtime Koushik fan, Be With may leave you feeling a bit cheated. Where's the new material?
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
09-19-2005 |
Reviews
Grass in Massnew
The Bay State inches toward legalizing medical marijuana.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
09-19-2005 |
Science
Sundance Into the Sunsetnew
An Unfinished Life never transcends its simple storyline to charter original ground, but it is the kind of movie you cannot fault too terribly much, primarily because its heart seems to be in the right place.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
09-16-2005 |
Reviews
Comedy as Funeral Dirgenew
Less a movie than a longform, live-action Celebrity Death Match between its leads, this wheezing comedy may herald the death knell of the interracial buddy-cop farce.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
09-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Les Mayfield, The Man
The Way of the Gunnew
Gattaca writer-director Andrew Niccol shines his usual cynicism on the subject of gunrunning in his new film, a strange amalgam of compelling visuals and fascinating vocational details forged with deep moral ambivalence and often hollow didacticism.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Andrew Niccol, Lord of War
Amour, Interruptednew
A languorous, bittersweet take on Scenes From a Marriage comes from French auteur Francois Ozon.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: 5x2, François Ozon
Satan's Little Helpernew
This yawner fails to amount to much more than an overlong exercise in Jesuit Theosophy 101, played against the backdrop of Law & Order.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-16-2005 |
Reviews
Play It Again, Jacquesnew
A character study of a young man torn between disparate career paths as either a mob enforcer for or a virtuoso pianist, this French adaptation of the American film Fingers adds little to original.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-16-2005 |
Reviews
Nice Guys Finish ...new
Director Michael Showalter misses a terrific opportunity to pull back the curtain on "the other guy" -- and ends up making a pretty good case for why the sad sack never gets the girl.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
09-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Showalter, The Baxter
